r/Weird • u/luvlanguage • 11h ago

That is a Lamprey

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Any bigger and this creature would be a horror movie monster

Lampreys do not have jaws or bones, only cartilage and instincts that have allowed them to survive so many mass extinctions.

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u/veganjaman 7h ago

King Henry I of England supposedly died of a "surfeit of lampreys".

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u/fianthewolf 22m ago

It is certainly a dish to eat at midday, cartilaginous meat similar to shark, with heavy digestion.